82 Chapter 82 [Blank Fruit], The Hunting of God · Enel

A Logia Devil Fruit, even at a discounted price, costs 4800 adventure coins.

Luffy fell into deep thought.

This thing is completely useless to him. A person cannot eat two Devil Fruits.

Blackbeard is a special case. How he managed to do it remains a mystery.

But the power of a Logia is unquestionable, not to mention a Devil Fruit without any side effects. It feels like a waste not to buy it, especially since it's on sale.

The price of 4800 is equivalent to 24 Haki fruits.

If the devil Fruit and 24 Haki fruits were placed in front of him at the same time, even an idiot would choose the latter.

"If I run out of money, I can earn more. I can personally go to several Sky Islands in this world. But if I don't buy it now, there's no guarantee it will be available next time."

Buy, buy, buy.

[Adventure Coins]: 17105 → 7305

In one go, Luffy spent nearly ten thousand and obtained four items.

1 Ship Spirit Fruit, 5 Life Extension Fruits, 10 Growth Enhancement Fruits, 1 Rain Fruit.

Luffy took out 10 Growth Enhancement Fruits and ate them in one bite.

In the next moment, his body underwent a change.

His height went from 1.74 meters to 1.84 meters in a short period of time.

"It seems like more than just a change in height..."

Luffy clenched his fist and thought to himself, "My strength has also increased a bit. It's like compressing several years of growth into a few seconds."

His physique became stronger.

It was as if he had spent two or three years out of thin air. While his body grew taller, it also came with an enhancement of his physical strength.

"The Life Extension Fruit doesn't have this effect. It simply increases some vitality."

In his contemplation, he took out a Life Extension Fruit and ate it.

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"Indeed, it only increases vitality."

As for the remaining four Life Extension Fruits, he temporarily left them alone. As long as he didn't actively take them out, the system would continue to help preserve them.

But once taken out, they couldn't be put back.

As for the last Ship Spirit Fruit and Rain Fruit...

A flash of white light, and two fruits appeared in his hands at the same time.

The Rain Fruit is round in shape, covered with spiral patterns, and is not much different from the common Devil Fruit.

The Ship Spirit Fruit, about the size of a palm, is pure white and round, looking very delicious.

"How do I make the ship eat this thing?"

Luffy was completely confused and couldn't figure out how to make a ship "eat" a small fruit.

There is a technique in this world to make inanimate objects "eat" Devil Fruits, but he is not sure how to do it specifically.

Thinking of this, Luffy looked into the distance.

About a kilometer away, there was a beach, and the Sunny and two other ships were docked on the shore.

Luffy saw Nami and the others and immediately flew over.

"Luffy!"

The Straw Hat Crew, who were playing on the beach, noticed Luffy's arrival one after another and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luffy!"

Nami's face showed joy as she ran up to meet him, hugging Luffy and ppressing his head against her soft and full bosoms.

"You really worried me!"

"Ugh?! Too tight! Are you trying to suffocate me?!"

"Ah~, sorry."

Nami smiled and let go of the hug, her face showing a strange expression. "You've grown taller, haven't you?"

As she said that, she raised her hand and gestured, suddenly towering over her by half a head.

The others also gathered around, their faces filled with astonishment.

"Men, just just need one day, and they can reach mew heights."

Luffy casually made up a sentence.

Everyone: "Hasn't it only been a short time since we separated?"

Robin said softly, "Are you okay, Luffy?"

"What could be wrong? Aokiji was just going through the orders, he didn't plan to take you back."

Luffy shook his head, "If he really wanted to capture us, you wouldn't have been able to escape at that time."

Having the ability to freeze, he can instantly freeze the surging sea currents.

Want to leave?

That can only mean underestimating Admiral.

In the original story, when the Straw Hat Crew first encountered Aokiji, that guy completely froze the sea area between two islands.

For ordinary people to walk from one island to another, it takes several days.

"In any case, you don't have to worry, as long as you're on my ship, no one can take you away."

After calming Robin down a bit, Luffy turned his head and saw Bellamy and his group not far away.

"Oh, you guys actually came up." He greeted them.

"Luffy-senpai!"

Bellamy led a part of the crew to come over.

There were about twenty people, about half as many as before.

He stood up straight and bowed, saying,

"Thank you very much! The previous me was indeed narrow-minded, not having seen the sky outside the well, ignorantly believing that Sky Island doesn't exist.

"Although we lost many comrades this time, we also gained something!"

"Next, we are prepared to explore this Sky Island. The Bellamy Pirates will never forget your kindness, and whenever you need it, at any time, we will repay today's favor!"

Bellamy said it solemnly.

He straightened up and handed over a piece of paper.

"What is this?" Usopp took it from his hand.

"This is my contact number. Well then, let's part ways here!"

Bellamy grinned and left the beach with the heavily injured Bellamy Pirates.

"This guy is quite unexpected," Sanji shook his head.

"Luffy, what should we do with this?" Usopp asked.

"keep it."

Although he doesn't need any repayment, it was their own choice to follow along, but after all, it was a kind gesture from someone else. It wouldn't be good to just throw away the phone number.

Suddenly, Luffy remembered something and asked:

"Did you all pay to enter?"

"Yes, each person pays 1 billion extols! At first, it was shocking, but later I realized it's equivalent to 100,000 berries!" Vivi nodded.

Luffy looked at Nami in disbelief.

This girl is actually willing to spend money?

"What? Why are you looking at me like that..." Nami blushed when she was seen through. "Without you around, we are not confident. To avoid unnecessary trouble, we decided to pay."

Pausing for a moment, she said angrily, "But it's really expensive, over 2 million berries!"

Luffy couldn't help but laugh. "There's a lot of gold on this island."

As he spoke, he walked towards the grass by the beach.

There were three reclining chairs made of island clouds in the pavilion. He comfortably lay down on one of them.

As soon as she heard the word "gold," Nami's eyes turned into symbols of berries. She quickly came to his side and spoke in a gentle tone that made him electrified:

"Luffy~ What did you just say~"

"When you were on Jaya Island, did you also hear the story told by Cricket?"

Luffy held his head with both hands and casually said, "The story of the great swindler Nolan 400 years ago."

400 years ago, the navigator Mont Blanc Noland from North Blue had found the golden city Shandora.

After returning to his country, he told the king about this news, and the king was very happy. He personally led a fleet to the Grand Line.

But there was no gold at all, and Noland was executed on charges of deception.

However, he never denied the existence of the golden city until his death.

His last words were probably...

Shandora does exist!

"What does that mean?" Nami widened her eyes. "Is Shandora in this sky?"

"The key words are Knock Up Stream, Jaya Island, Sky Island."

Luffy smiled giving an indirect answer.

Robin pondered for a moment.

"When I was down below before, I saw a map of Jaya Island. It was missing a large area and didn't look complete, so...does that mean that place called the golden city was carried up to the sky by the Knock Up Stream?"

Nami was struck by lightning and stood up abruptly, holding Robin's hand, and said excitedly:

"Robin, let's go together and find the treasure! Vivi, you should come too!"

Robin shook her head with a light laugh.

Nami was as understanding as always.

Seeing that she wasn't going, Nami turned her head to Vivi.

"Vivi, you owe me 1.2 billion berries, so you definitely have to come!"

"Eh?!"

Vivi couldn't refuse, even though she actually owed it to Mr. Luffy.

"Alright, Nami, I'll accompany you in the search," she reluctantly agreed.

"And your team too!" Nami quickly added.

So this was their plan?

Vivi looked helpless.

Vice captain Bartolomeo rushed over immediately.

"Nami, don't worry, even if we have to turn Sky Island upside down, our second team will definitely help you find the treasure!"

"Let's go!"

Nami was full of enthusiasm, pointing to a distant cloud path. "There should be a city over there. Let's go ask for information first! Luffy, why don't you come too!"

She wasn't at ease and wanted to bring their strongest fighter along.

"You go. Barto, protect them well."

"Yes, Captain Luffy!"

Immediately, Nami led the entire second team crew in the direction of Angel Island.

Watching them go in search of the treasure, Usopp sighed.

"When it comes to money, Nami turns into a devil. Luffy, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

"Don't worry, I'll educate her properly."

[Hmm, let me teach her properly at night.]

Luffy took out the ship's spirit fruit and said to the remaining crew members,

"Do you know about ship spirits?"

"Ship spirits? Ah, I've heard of them," Sanji sat cross-legged and recalled, "I heard that when the crew and the ship form a deep bond, a little spirit with a wooden hammer appears. But that's just a legend, right? Ship spirits and all that..."

"It's true," Luffy raised the fruit in his hand and smiled, "This fruit is called the Ship Spirit Fruit. As long as you feed it to a ship, a ship spirit will appear."

"What!?"

Usopp snatched the fruit from his hand and observed it with curiosity on his face.

Chopper said dumbfoundedly, "But how do we feed the ship?"

I don't know, that's why I'm asking you guys.

Luffy himself couldn't figure out how to feed this thing.

At this moment, Zoro suggested,

"The ship spirit is similar to a God, right? Is this thing an offering? If we make an offering, will the ship spirit come and eat it?"

Everyone was shocked and looked at him in disbelief.

Zoro blushed, "What are you guys trying to say?!"

"Genius!" Usopp gasped, "Zoro, I underestimated you before!"

Sanji stood up and patted his shoulder, sighing, "I'm sorry Moss boy."

Chopper admired, "Zoro, you're so smart!"

"I'm going to kill you all!"

Zoro immediately transformed into a shark's mouth and drew his sword, ready to attack.

"Hahaha, you guys should go try it."

Luffy couldn't help but laugh, thinking that this might actually work.

[Zoro, even I underestimated you.]

Immediately, Usopp took Chopper and Sanji and ran to the Merry to experiment.

Johnny and Yosaku quickly abandoned their own captain and followed to join in the fun.

On the beach, only Zoro, Robin, and Luffy remained.

"Luffy, since you know about the Golden city, do you know where it is specifically?"

Upon hearing this, Luffy unexpectedly glanced at the woman. Has she become smart after being with him for so long?

"I roughly know the general area."

"Why not tell Nami and let them go find it?"

Zoro lay down on the nearby chair and took out a bottle of alcohol to drink.

...

"If they know, there won't be any sense of exploration. Why would I take away their fun? Besides, the treasure will not disappear."

Luffy shook his head and took out the Rain fruit, contemplating who to give it to.

First, of course, he had to choose between Nami and Vivi.

The others could wait for now.

When it came to his women, he tried to treat them equally.

Both of them held the same position in his heart.

Unfortunately, there was only one Devil Fruit, and it was truly difficult to decide who to give it to.

Nami had the talent of a navigator, and the Rain Fruit might have a powerful effect for her.

Vivi's country was a desert nation, always lacking rain. With the power of this fruit, it might be able to improve the situation in Alabasta.

Although Nami had said before that she didn't want to eat a Devil Fruit, it was because she didn't want to become a "dry duck."

This fruit was special and had no side effects.

He believed that Nami definitely wanted it.

But Vivi also needed it.

"Maybe I should try refreshing again, in case another one appears?"

Thinking in his heart, Luffy glanced at his savings.

There were still over 7,000, just enough to refresh and get a Haki fruit, raising his Observation Haki to v5.

Thinking it through, he immediately opened the Adventure Shop.

[You spent 20 Adventure Coins, and the Adventure Shop has stocked a new batch of goods.]

With a sweep of his gaze, Luffy froze.

He saw another type of merchandise he had never seen before.

[Blank Fruit]: Placed beside a recently deceased ability user, it absorbs the dispersed fruit ability of the other person and transforms into the corresponding Devil Fruit. System product, the Devil Fruit born this way has no side effects.

Price: 5,000 Adventure Coins

No discount, it is the first item at the top.

In an instant of seeing this thing, he immediately thought of someone.

God·Enel, Logia Thunder Fruit user!

Might as well kill him and take away his fruit ability, then there will be two Logia fruits, which can perfectly solve his own troubles.

They are all Logia, and there are no side effects.

This bowl of water is so flat!

The only problem is... it's really expensive.

Rain Fruit costs 4800, and the Blank Fruit costs 5000.

The rewards for coming to Sky Island today have been eaten up by them.

System, is this also part of your calculation?!

Sure enough, money comes and goes quickly.

[Adventure Coins]: 7305→2285

Luffy stood up and said to Zoro beside him,

"I have a plan."

"What?"

"The plan to hunt down the god."

"Huh?"

Luffy grinned and gestured for Zoro to follow, "The ruler of this Sky Island is a god, let's go kill him. Robin, are you coming?"

"Killing a god?"

Robin's face was full of reluctance, "It's very dangerous, you guys do your best, Luffy."

"There seems to be a piece of historical text in the place where the god is." Luffy teased. 

Robin's body trembled, her eyes widened.

"What a wicked man~!"

She smiled slightly, closed the book in her hand, and elegantly stood up from the cloud chair.

"Let's go, Captain Luffy!"